The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-03-16

| clear the ground Of brushes and briars.
He knew this would be no small task,
F hut his arms were strong and his viii
good. Hardly an hour had he worked
when rifle shot rang out on the air and
. bis strong right arm dropped TO his side
painfully wounded.
80 severe was his injury that he could
I du.uothing toward discovering rho fired
the murierou, shot. and he was alone.
After he had made bis way 10 the house
the alarm was given and "a crowd Of men
and bows turned ont and hunted the lane
from end To- end. but ia vain. no one could
he found hiding there and the deed re-
manned d uiv-.er,.
In TIM, way thing. stood for some time.
Dick, arm healed slowly. somehow. The
bone had been injured little. the doe
Tor said. Dick saw Bess now and then.
H. could not help noticing that .he poor
sirI'. checks wer, growing paIer dav bv
day and she seemed ready 10 break down
whenever he came To sec her. Her faith
er WAS home bur little now. Night and
dav DE- stood euari at the lane sturdy
veteran on some -eiI-iupo-ed post of du-
n. He had even slept out in the bushes
several times al night coming To his
meals in the morning stiff and sore from
tb- damp. but WITH a adetermiued l,ok on
hi, face. lie was man " Who neyery eld-
cd what he thought was his right
The thirty DAYS given by law bad pass
ei and the township had allowed" 10
build the fence in few days They bad
watched matters from distance and
knew how desperate the old man was,
About this time Dick and Be>- happen
ed to be sitting out on the porch ia the
harvest moonlight Uncle Joe was ont
at the fence probably Neither of the
Young people referred TO him.
A. they sat thus Dick turned his eyes
toward, the Devils Lane.
What was it hessw.
lie sprung TO hi, feet. Away down at
the farther end Of the lane cloud of
smoke curled azilv up.
A. he watched the breeze fre-hened a
little and the lurid glare leaped angrily
,kvaard. sweeping the fire directly down
the lane.
Someone had fired the underground
which crowded the lane.
II was time Of the year when every
thing wa, as drv a, t.nder. There had
been no rain for weeks. and Il fire Ike
that was a thing 10 hc dreaded
Where is your father. Be~So~
The Girl now rose quickly and with
startled gaze looked toward the lane.
D He tnu.t Dee down Wonder. Dick I'm
afrlid-you don't .uppo-,.-~
The bush !, on fire. If your father is
fbep,. he +. in dancer will 10 and sec
ifT can find him
Before the word. were fairly spoken
Dick had cleared the fence surrounding
tb. farm hons. and VA. running swiftly
toward the fire Be.- followed "a. fast as
she cnuld
How the flames lid sweep through
that tbicket, II seemed to lick the crack
limo hu.be, up like leaves. If her father
was th.re-no. she couldn't bearto think
what might be hi, fate. The old man
va, tired with his watching Tie might
have fallen ssleap down there "a, he had
s., often before.
Dick soon re- tched the lane and plunr-
ed int, the du,he. lis near the tire a. he
dared If uu,Ie Ioe WAS hebip him
then notbin, short of a miracle could save
him. Ifin front. then he possibly might
be rescued from death in the flames
Don't come in here Bes~.r shouted
Dick. as be sgv the cirl about 10 lean in
To- tine thick growth of bushes near him.
GO, further down and look along the
fence
Poor Res- obeved silently How Ikea
very giant he seemed O. her As he tramp-
ea through the briars. mud and bushes.
tearing his face and hands terribly hunt
inc for the Viu6Yl ola man NH, had
Wroursd him So. how Their. his riobt arm
,ya- i.,verles, Did B.-. know ubo bs5
fired fbc shot that hand made If s,o fish,
Jid. She luti,,ily kent tb. ..,r.f
on,nd nm sy-a,t tb, as,ne. ,b,.ing
Dick like mad demon. The. lower end
ofthe lane ws, in sight That would end
tb,. .e.,r,b V-bs,. ras ,b. MA man .
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